830 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : 24 cm

Morgan is one of the few biographers of Franklin Roosevelt to attempt a complete life in one volume. His Roosevelt, opportunistic and shallow as a young man, was transformed by his fight with polio. As president, he was a political artist whose genius lay in being able to embody the country's collective will. Morgan takes special pains to defend Roosevelt against old charges of trickery at Pearl Harbor and gullibility at Yalta

Includes bibliographical references (pages 775-786) and index

The first fourteen years -- Groton -- Harvard -- Getting married -- State senate -- Assistant secretary of the navy -- The navy at war -- On the national ticket -- The Newport scandal -- The stricken prince -- The seven lean years -- Governor Roosevelt -- Who are you indeed who would talk or sing to America? -- The peaceful revolution -- Stumbling in the right direction -- Life in the White house -- Through me many long-dumb voices -- When bad men combine -- I dare not shirk any part of myself -- The way to war -- The difficult alliance -- Democracy, while weapons were everywhere aim'd at your breast ... -- We thought we were done with these things -- Hush'd be the camps today

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